I got the Homemade Peacock Halloween Costume Idea because I have always loved peacock feathers. I am a bartender at a sports bar and Halloween is a very busy time for us and we always dress to impress. I saw a beautiful peacock costume online for about $300.00 and thought to myself, “I know I … Read more
Pirates and parrots go together like peas and carrots. Well, sometimes they do, other times they fight like cats and dogs (or at least at my house). Although not used for Halloween, my boys dressed as a pirate and parrot for a costume contest (the boys finished in the pairs contest). The pirate was sewn … Read more
I couldn’t find an owl costume to fit my newborn so I made one! I sewed feathers on the arms and around the neck of a white onesie and put her in white tights with little brown ballet slippers built-in (from the Gap). I then took a white cap (the onesie and the cap were … Read more
This type of costume is and easy crowd pleaser!! All this outfit needs is about 10 dollars and a little cute munchkin. All you do is buy a white sweat suit, and color black dots on it, I used old white Keds and painted them too. I used an old stuffed animal and cut off … Read more
I’ve wanted to dress up like a pirate for years. Now that I have a child I had the perfect excuse! I decided that she would be my parrot so for her parrot costume I first bought a red one piece outfit on EBay. Then I bought coordinating felt in four colors. I created a … Read more
This year, my daughter wanted to be Jewel, the girl blue macaw from the movie “Rio.” I love making my kids’ Halloween costumes, so I was definitely up for the challenge! To make Jewel’s head, I used a pattern that I had from my daughter’s costume last year, when she was a pink flamingo (she … Read more
I had been thinking about this Homemade Peacock Costume for more than a year, and finally made it happen. I used a dress I got 2 years ago, that had the perfect color for the costume. I got around 80 peacock feathers that I fixed on cardboard with hot glue, and then covered up the … Read more
I actually came to coolest-homemade-costumes.com to see if there were any cool fairy or butterfly costumes I could get ideas from, but when I came across a peacock DIY Halloween costume idea I thought “Yes! I have to do that!” So I found a place online that sold peacock feathers for only .35 cents a … Read more
I had been watching America’s Next Top Model a lot and apparently having a long neck is an asset so I wanted to make a Halloween costume that would allow me to have a very long neck just for the day. My husband helped me create this giraffe costume and I was thrilled with the … Read more
I got word of a last minute costume party and tried to think of something really cute and clever I could throw together within a few hours. I refuse buying costumes and didn’t want to be something revealing/sexy like most other college girls. I wanted to be warm and comfortable in my costume. All it … Read more
Well my friend was having a “touch of animal print” themed night out… so I decided to go all out and go as a Zebra. As you can clearly see zebra print was more a challenge to get hold of so a tiger costume was the answer! The body piece is made from an all … Read more
My little girl’s owl costume came from the booming inspiration of owl popularity this year and it seemed like a subject many people in my area weren’t thinking. I searched and searched the web looking for that PERFECT costume to buy and just couldn’t find it. After discussing this with my aunt in Illinois we … Read more